ABSTRACT

The idea of strictly minding our own business is mouldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?

Myrtle Barker, American journalist (b. 1910)

In seeking to exert control over a vulnerable employee, external parties may adopt a variety of simple but effective methods to obtain intelligence, access and influence. One of the most insidious and unnerving methods that is widely used is the surreptitious analysis of the contents of people’s trash.